I can't see what the fuss is about. Much of this stuff has already been determined.
You have to be faction leader or second-in-command to order fellow faction members (ie with the same ID). You can't do it on an alternative character for the simple reason that it is unimaginative, reduces character issues to player ones and is not how that right was intended. Also, with shared accounts, anyone can claim to be faction leader.
If a faction claims to represent the NPC faction, they have to follow lore. If they depart from it, they aren't that npc faction and are quite possibly using the wrong ID. Also, factions that don't behave as such face losing their faction rights and/or official status.
